Tanzania calls peaceful dialogue between the six parties’ initiative
Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Dr Augustine Mahiga
What you need to know:
- Dr Mahiga says developments in North Korea worrisome
- Assures Tanzania support of peaceful dialogue to end disputes
Dar es Salaam. Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Dr Augustine Mahiga has said that Tanzania supports all relevant resolutions of the Security Council on the nuclear weapons trends in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
However, he called on de-escalation of the political warfare and the renewal of the dialogue under the auspices of the six party’s initiative.
The Six parties include US, UK, Russia, China, France and North Korea.
According to a statement, the Minister said this today, September 25, when addressing the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
“After the end of the cold war, there were new dawn and bright prospects for both conventional and nuclear disarmament,” he said.
The doctrine of nuclear deterrence was becoming absolute, reduction of nuclear arsenals was making progress towards a nuclear ban treaty including nuclear testing and some aspirants for nuclear weapons abandoned their ambitions, he said.
However, Dr Mahiga noted that the recent developments in the DPRK have shattered these optimistic prospects warning that the world was being dragged back to nuclear brinkmanship.
“This is the most recent threat to international peace and security,” he stressed.
He said that, on the other hand, Tanzania commends the recent adoption of the Nuclear Ban Treaty which puts nuclear weapons in the same legal ground as other Weapons of Mass Destruction.
“We should all support this Treaty in order to increase our moral authority in the fight against nuclear weapons proliferation,” he said.
He added that the UN reforms to make the Organisation more efficient and relevant to cope with the new trends and challenges must be continuous and progressive.
Last week the Minister when briefing journalists had denied claims that Tanzania had violated sanctions imposed on North Korea.
He explained that the projects implemented by North Korea in Tanzania had been entered between the two countries before the sanctions and that the government had stopped further communication as soon as the decision was made
